Woman: Man backed SUV at me after lot dispute

A woman reported scrambling out of the way of a vehicle July 9 as a man backed it up while she tried to take a photo of its license plate. She was not hurt.

The incident occurred just after 11 p.m. in the parking lot of the Kroger at Sheldon and Ann Arbor Road. The woman, 25, had been in a dispute with a female passenger in the vehicle, a Plymouth Township Police Department report said, and felt the man deliberately tried to back into her.

The dispute started, the complainant told police, as she loaded groceries into a Jeep in the lot when a couple with a child came by and their shopping cart struck her vehicle. She pointed that out, she said, and when the other woman apologized, she told her not to let it happen to someone else.

The other woman then opened a door to her own vehicle, the complainant said, and it struck a door handle on the Jeep. When the complainant also said something about that, the woman began yelling obscenities, she said.

That’s when she walked to the rear of the vehicle, she said, and tried to take a photo of the license plate. The man backed it up, she said, and she got quickly out of the way. She was not able to get a clear photo of the plate, but police say the couple was in a dark sport-utility vehicle, possibly a Dodge Durango.

Asleep at wheel

Police had a hard time alerting a driver who appeared to be asleep at the wheel on northbound Haggerty early Saturday.

The man, 21, told police he’d had two beers – then amended that to three – and was arrested for driving under the influence, a police report said. Two tests registered blood-alcohol content of 0.10 and 0.09, respectively, the report said.

The incident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. A patrolling officer noticed a Dodge Avenger northbound on Haggerty at Ann Arbor Road, stopped for a red light. But when the light turned green, the police report said, the driver didn’t respond.

The officer pulled up behind the Avenger and saw the traffic light cycle four times without the car moving on the green lights, police said. The driver had his eyes closed, police said, and the officer had to knock hard on a window to get his attention.

The driver’s eyes were glazed over and he appeared confused, police said.

Hit and run

A 50-year-old man was ticketed July 9 after admitting he drove his Lexus into a car on the M-14 off-ramp near Sheldon Road.

The man smelled of alcohol, but told police he had been drinking since the accident, a police report said.

The accident occurred around 8 p.m., the report said. A woman driving a Toyota Scion told police her car had been rear-ended on the ramp by someone who then drove away. She said she was shaken and could not offer a description of the vehicle or its driver. No injuries were reported.

A witness, however, was able to describe a gray sedan and get a license plate number. When police showed up at the home of the man to whom the plate was registered, they saw a gray Lexus in the open garage with front-end damage, the report said.

A man came to the door, unsteady and smelling of alcohol, police said. He admitted driving into the other car, saying he then went to the parking lot of the auto parts plant across Sheldon and waited a few minutes before leaving, police said. The man said he had been drinking since returning home.

He was cited for failing to stop within an assured clear distance and leaving the scene of a property damage accident.

Shoplifting

A 23-year-old man was arrested July 9 in a shoplifting that occurred that day before in the store at the Dunkin Donuts/BP gas station on Ann Arbor Road near I-275.

A store manager had shown police a security video that showed the suspect pocketing three cigarette lighters, a phone charger plug and a metal cigarette box, a police report said. When confronted, the suspect said he had stolen from the store previously had had probably stolen about 20 lighters.

Vandalism

A couple reported Saturday vandalism to the garage at their house on Wendover Drive, in the area of M-14 and North Territorial.

The pair told police they went for a walk 7-7:45 p.m. and, when they arrived home, opened their garage door, but were unable to close it. They discovered a large dent in the door that prevented it from closing.

Police unsuccessfully looked for vehicles in the area with damage that might match the dent in the door.